Half to john wagner



@No Model.)

A. U. GRUMMANN'.

BARREL SKID.

Pad-tented July 12, 1887.

1.7V VENT OR.

UNITED STATES ALBERT U. GRUHMANN, OF INDIANA HALF TO JOHN IVAGN BARREL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed April 14, 1887.

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT U. GRUMMANN, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Skids,

of which the following is a specification.

My present invention consists in certain improvements upon that shown and described in Letters Patent No. 311,655, dated February 3, 1885, whereby a less expensive andin some respects more convenient device for the purpose is produced, as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved skid in position for use; and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through a portion thereof, showing the parts of the stand more clearly.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame of the support of my improved skid; B B, the legs to said frame; 0,

2 a common skid, which is used for rolling the barrels onto said frame; and 1),ajointed skid which is used for rolling them from said frame onto the tier or pile of barrels already in place. The frame A is preferably a casting,

0 and consists of two circles connected together by arms. The outer circle is adapted to receive the ends of the skids, and the inner circle (which should be higher than the outer circle) serves as a track on which to whirl the barrels when, as in many cases, they are rolled onto it from one direction and are to be rolled off in another. The frame A being circular permits any variation in direction desired, as the skids will rest equally well upon 0 any portion-of the outer circle.

The legs consist of the two parts I3 B, connected together by clips or clasps, one of which, I), is bolted firmly to the lower end of the part B, and the other, I), to the upper end of the part B. One or the other, or both, of said parts have also numerous holes, as shown, and one or both of said clips are pro vided with a corresponding hole or holes,

. through which a pin, b", may be inserted; and

thus by simply removing said pin the legs can be adjusted to any length desired and ATENT OFFICE.

POLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONF- ER, OF SAME PLACE.

=SKID.

Patent No. 366,626, dated July 12,1887.

Serial No. 234,863. (No model.)

there held by said pins when reinserted, as will be plainly understood by an examination of the drawings. Thus the device is adapted for use in piling two or more tiers of barrels 5 as well as a single tier.

The skid O is a skid of the ordinary and wellknown construction, and is used to roll barrels from any point desired to the top of the frame A. v

The skid D consists of a series ofjointcd sections which are capable of folding one inside the other, the sections being preferably of a length just equal to the distance from center to center of barrels when laid together in a 5 tier, as shown. Thus the barrels can be rolled along on top of atier, one by one, and the section which is at the time the outer section of the skid folded up after each barrel is placed in position, until finally the entire skid is 0 folded up, thus providing a smooth track on which to roll the barrels to any distance desired. This skid is especially valuable in rolling barrels into a tier between two tiers which have already been piled, where there is 7 5 little or no room for the workmen to grasp the barrel.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a skid, of a circular frame formed with a raised central portion and an outer flange, said outer flange being adapted to furnish a support for the raised end of said skid, substantially as set forth.

2. A support for skids, consisting of a circular frame the central portion of which is higher than the outer portion, substantially as set forth.

3. In a barrel-skid, a support for the raised 0 end, the frame of which consists of two circles, one of which serves to receive the ends of the skids, and the other of which serves as a track on which to turn or whirl the barrel, substantially as set forth. 9 5

I. The combination of an ordinary skid, a stand having a circular top for supporting the raised end of the skid, and a second skid or track running from said stand out over the tops of the barrels, substantial] y as set forth.

5. The combination of an ordinary skid, a supportingstand for its raised end, and a sec ond skid running out over the tops of the bar- I the sections of which fold within each other, [O rels, consisting of a series of jointed sections substantially as set forth.

adapted to be folded together, each outer sec- In witness whereof I have hereunto-set my tion within the next inner section, substanhand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 5- tially as set forth. 9th day of April, A. D. 1887. I

6. The combination of the circular frame A, ALBERT 'U. GRUMMANN. [L. mounted on adjustable legs, its central portion In presence ofbeing formed higher than its outer portion, 0. BRADFORD, the common skid G, and the jointed skid D, PAtiL H. GRUMMANN. 

